The Options Industry Council (OIC), an industry resource funded by OCC and the U.S. options exchanges, announced the results of a study, How Financial Advisors Use and Think About Exchange-Listed Options.

CBOE Vest Technologies, a software company enabling users to work with target outcome investment strategies, and the Options Industry Council (OIC), a provider of unbiased options education, are working together to educate investors and broaden the appeal of options with a new online tool, The Options Strategy Builders.

New academic research conducted by Professors Michael L. Hemler, University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, and Thomas W. Miller, Jr., Mississippi State University, show that some options-based portfolio strategies outperform long stock.

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